K&N 50-1598

[Irongoats]

Anyone?

K&N NextGen Cold Air Intake System: High-Flow Cotton Filter: Compatible with 2025 RAM 1500; 50-1598​

Amazon.com

 

[frogjbm]

Anyone?

K&N NextGen Cold Air Intake System: High-Flow Cotton Filter: Compatible with 2025 RAM 1500; 50-1598​

Amazon.com

They're claiming an increase of 41 HP and 68 Ft/Lbs? No freaking way an air filter can do this. More like 2 HP and 5 Ft/lbs lol, if that.

 

[tbolts10]

I don't think this is compatible with the RHO.

 

[JLM1600]

I have my truck currently on the dyno with them. I ran this exact kit for a few weeks with a prototype airbox and it sounds and feels amazing. Hopefully today I will have some dyno data and an RHO specific kit will be built.

 

[JLM1600]

With proto airbox. Haters will hate. Ive never had an issue with k&n intakes and they have very knowledgable people running their r&d department. Data and numbers dont lie. These trucks come so restrictive from factory. We will see what the numbers say today, they might tweak it here and there but I didnt have an issue with their kit for the non rho trims…just the airbox didnt line up with the rho hood.

 

[eltaco]

With proto airbox. Haters will hate. Ive never had an issue with k&n intakes and they have very knowledgable people running their r&d department. Data and numbers dont lie. These trucks come so restrictive from factory. We will see what the numbers say today, they might tweak it here and there but I didnt have an issue with their kit for the non rho trims…just the airbox didnt line up with the rho hood.

So this is the non-RHO specific kit you have installed, but you’re currently working with their R&D for a RHO specific kit?

I’ll be curious to see what they come to market with. Please share some results when you have them, and estimated price point and time to market.

I’m also not expecting major gains, but I would like to have a reusable filter in the future.

 

[MattH89]

How much do you get paid to test and advertise these products for Magnaflow and K&N?

I don't think anyone is hating, just reacting to obviously made-up numbers. We're waiting on the real data which it sounds like you should be able to provide today after your truck is off the dyno. Maybe we will all be wrong.

 

[Irongoats]

I don't think this is compatible with the RHO.

I emailed them so we'll see.

 

[JLM1600]

So this is the non-RHO specific kit you have installed, but you’re currently working with their R&D for a RHO specific kit?

I’ll be curious to see what they come to market with. Please share some results when you have them, and estimated price point and time to market.

I’m also not expecting major gains, but I would like to have a reusable filter in the future.

Exactly! to me, just the sound and potentially better mpgs makes it worth it.

 

[JLM1600]

How much do you get paid to test and advertise these products for Magnaflow and K&N?

I don't think anyone is hating, just reacting to obviously made-up numbers. We're waiting on the real data which it sounds like you should be able to provide today after your truck is off the dyno. Maybe we will all be wrong.

I just know the crowd is pretty divided when it comes to intakes. I will provide some real-world data soon...

I don't get paid; I just get the product. I've built really good relationships with a lot of people from the aftermarket industry...so that helps.

 

[JLM1600]

Back to the drawing board!

 

[truckguy]

No improvements with the K&N?

 

[Jdmdc5teg06]

Can you post the dyno numbers even if it didn’t make any drastic changes? Would love to see the numbers as the process continues until the final stage.

 

[JLM1600]

No improvements with the K&N?

Correct. It was not made for the rho so they need to start from scratch. Just part of the R&D process.

 

[JS59]

I have my truck currently on the dyno with them. I ran this exact kit for a few weeks with a prototype airbox and it sounds and feels amazing. Hopefully today I will have some dyno data and an RHO specific kit will be built.

We went from 41 hp and 68 lb feet and sounds and feels amazing to "I'm too embarrassed to post the numbers" all in the span of 18 hours. And you wonder why the haters gonna hate. Christ . . .

 

[cconnorhtx]

No hate here - will you post your baseline dyno numbers for us please (4 wheel or 2 wheel with axles disconnected?)?

Inquiring minds want (NEED!) to know

Thank you!

 

[RADA]

Correct. It was not made for the rho so they need to start from scratch. Just part of the R&D process.

This makes complete sense to me...


...41hp sounded a like a bit much for an air cleaner upgrade, but I prefer the wait and see approach to this stuff.


The non-RHO 1500 derivatives all have closed air boxes. Less restrictive breathing for the engine will add hp.

But the RHO is already a open-airbox, ram-air system. I feel any aftermarket air filter/intake set up might gain 1-5 hp, and could improve the fluid dynamics of the incoming air, but we will never see anything close to the numbers previously mentioned here.

 

[Irongoats]

Service rep replied back that the filter part number I gave them was for diesel. No information for what they have just that. I told them to quit their job as there's videos of this filter for the standard output 3.0 in the Ram. Can't find good help anywhere

 

[gram10]

There is no way they got that much power, even with the SO engine. You'll never be able to flow more than the diameter of the piping at the MAF sensor, unless that diameter gets changed, which would require a tune; or if you up boost which the turbo would pull in more air as long as the stock filter and piping isn't already maxed out; this would also require a tune. There may be small marginal gains due to the open airbox(if not ram air you're just pulling hot engine air) and smoother piping, but not that much. Maybe a few ponies here or there. The fact that K&N even publishes numbers like this with caveats like, "results will vary", turns me off.

Personally, I will be waiting for S&B to come out with their intake, purely in search of turbo sound, maybe an hp or two

 

[JLM1600]

We went from 41 hp and 68 lb feet and sounds and feels amazing to "I'm too embarrassed to post the numbers" all in the span of 18 hours. And you wonder why the haters gonna hate. Christ . . .

lol what are you saying. Those numbers were for non rho trims. It still feels and sounds amazing but the numbers were not worth it so back to the drawing board. thats how r&d works.